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Captain John Ross, R. N

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Date:

ca. 1834

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Box number: MIN-072

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2837341

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Captain John Ross, R. N

Portrait of Captain John Ross
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Date(s):

ca. 1834

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour on ivory on ivory
Support 15.100 x 11.000 cm
Platemark 32.200 x 27.300 cm

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This portrait may be derived from the oil painting by Benjamin Rawlinson dated 1829 now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. A second copy of this miniature has been offered for sale a number of times., Colour transparency: recto in gold-toned mat, relates to C-123834, See OP-84-16., In 1818, John Ross (1777-1856) then a commander in the Royal Navy, led his first expedition to the Canadian Arctic in search of the North-West Passage. He made another attempt in 1829 when he became ice-bound for four years, and upon his return to England was created a knight bachelor. He led his own expedition in search of John Franklin in 1850. His published works about the Arctic are an important source of information about nineteenth-century Arctic exploration.
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Artist: Hamilton, Mary F., fl. 1807-1849

Depicted: Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856

Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 14a. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26.

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Inscription: Inscribed in pencil verso of frame: Portrait of unidentified gentleman / probably painted by Mrs. Hamilton / in early 1800's. / Mrs Hamilton, a competent portrait / painter was great aunt of George William / Carrington, born 15/5/1854 at Gloucester / died 11/12/1940 at Wapier [?] NZ

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C-123839 : recto support
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Portraits

Miniature
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Private

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1984-118 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Box [1984-118]

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MIN-072 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

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Copy negative [1984-118]

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C-123839 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-118-1
Copyright: Expired

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